kidney disease

Heart failure is a chronic condition characterized by acute exacerbations, or periods of abrupt worsening of symptoms. We look into the 12 common causes of heart failure.

Medical professionals administer a wide variety of blood tests to diagnose numerous health concerns. Here are the ten most common blood tests and their uses.

New York based, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., said a late-stage trial of its experimental drug, Zerenex, for kidney disease met the late-stage trial goal of reducing phosphate levels in blood. The positive results boosted Keryx shares up to 49 percent, selling for $4.80 on Monday’s Nasdaq. Because phosphate levels in blood rise when kidney function declines, […]

You use them to scratch an itch, grip shopping items before picking them from the grocery store shelf, and maybe you even bedazzle them in the season’s hottest shade—but did you know that your fingernails can actually provide little windows to your health? In fact, sudden imperfections or alterations to the surface or shape of […]

According to a longitudinal study performed at the Cooper Center, people with high fitness levels during middle age are at decreased risk for developing chronic health conditions later in life. The study tracked 18,670 healthy middle-aged people over a median period of 26 years. At its conclusion, researchers found that those in the highest fitness […]